diff --git a/keystore/user_state.cpp b/keystore/user_state.cpp
index b62598d..ff0ea10 100644
--- a/keystore/user_state.cpp
+++ b/keystore/user_state.cpp
@@ -24,6 +24,7 @@
 #include <stdlib.h>
 #include <sys/stat.h>
 
+#include <openssl/digest.h>
 #include <openssl/evp.h>
 #include <openssl/rand.h>
 
@@ -234,8 +235,15 @@
         saltSize = sizeof("keystore");
     }
 
-    PKCS5_PBKDF2_HMAC_SHA1(reinterpret_cast<const char*>(pw.string()), pw.length(), salt, saltSize,
-                           8192, keySize, key);
+    const EVP_MD* digest = EVP_sha256();
+
+    // SHA1 was used prior to increasing the key size
+    if (keySize == SHA1_DIGEST_SIZE_BYTES) {
+        digest = EVP_sha1();
+    }
+
+    PKCS5_PBKDF2_HMAC(reinterpret_cast<const char*>(pw.string()), pw.length(), salt, saltSize, 8192,
+                      digest, keySize, key);
 }
 
 bool UserState::generateSalt() {
diff --git a/keystore/user_state.h b/keystore/user_state.h
index e1d48bd..fcfc895 100644
--- a/keystore/user_state.h
+++ b/keystore/user_state.h
@@ -58,7 +58,10 @@
     bool reset();
 
   private:
-    static const int MASTER_KEY_SIZE_BYTES = 16;
+    static const int SHA1_DIGEST_SIZE_BYTES = 16;
+    static const int SHA256_DIGEST_SIZE_BYTES = 32;
+
+    static const int MASTER_KEY_SIZE_BYTES = SHA1_DIGEST_SIZE_BYTES;
     static const int MASTER_KEY_SIZE_BITS = MASTER_KEY_SIZE_BYTES * 8;
 
     static const int MAX_RETRY = 4;